Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain

By Nelson R Orringer

In Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain, Nelson R. Orringer uses both literary and musical analysis to study sung poems in twentieth-century Spain. In nine chapters, each focusing on an individual sung poem, song cycle, or various poems set by the same composer, Orringer enriches and deepens interpretations of the art-songs by comparing the poet's vision to the composer's. In examining composers such as Falla, Turina, Mompou, Toldr , Rodrigo, Montsalvatge, and Rodolfo Halffter, Orringer shows that Spanish art-song is an exceptional product of Spain's Silver Age and reveals a new way to understand and appreciate poems set to music in twentieth-century Spain.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793630488
• ISBN13: 9781793630483
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"